{"id":10722,"date":"2015-06-06T13:22:31","date_gmt":"2015-06-06T17:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10722"},"modified":"2015-06-06T13:22:31","modified_gmt":"2015-06-06T17:22:31","slug":"sci-tech-alt-fusion-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10722","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: Alt-fusion update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alan Boyle posts a survey of the status of several alternative fusion power projects: Rays of Hope: Fringe Fusion Ventures Take Small Steps Toward Energy Leap – NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He includes a pointer to a new paper with interesting results on the Polywell<\/a> approach invented by the late Robert Bussard:\u00a0[1406.0133] High Energy Electron Confinement in a Magnetic Cusp Configuration<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alan Boyle posts a survey of the status of several alternative fusion power projects: Rays of Hope: Fringe Fusion Ventures Take Small Steps Toward Energy Leap – NBC News. He includes a pointer to a new paper with interesting results on the Polywell approach invented by the late Robert Bussard:\u00a0[1406.0133] High Energy Electron Confinement in … Continue reading Sci-Tech: Alt-fusion update<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2MW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8390,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8390","url_meta":{"origin":10722,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech: Alternative fusion plans + Helion Energy","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The journal Nature discusses the rise of several fusion power schemes that increasingly appear to be viable low cost alternatives to the dominant Tokamak\/ITER approach: Plasma physics: The fusion upstarts - Nature Fusion furore\u00a0- Editorial\/Nature\u00a0 One of those alternatives mentioned is\u00a0Helion Energy, a spinoff of research at the University of\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"HelionExpts","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/HelionExpts.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5159,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5159","url_meta":{"origin":10722,"position":1},"title":"Sci-Tech: Nuclear fusion projects including General Fusion, Helion Energy and MSNW","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 2, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's an overview of several fusion power projects:\u00a0The Nuclear Fusion Arms Race Is Underway - \u00a0Motherboard. 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